Swann neck towbar......attachments

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Swann neck towbar......attachments

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Not sure if this is of mucho interest......im working on hanging a little monkey bike off of my westy towball.

Many towbars using a two bolt fixing.....which means that other things can be bolted onto them....westies dont.

I have just received this adaptor ?......called a Bak Rak ....

I could be used to swing a variety of things off the towbar.........or as an additional carry rack .

Here it is....46 quidd delivered

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Clamp is tested to 700kgs......obviously towbar isnt!!!
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I was looking at one of those a couple of months ago as a way of rigging up a spare wheel carrier off the tow bar - they have options to allow that bracket to sit vertically off the tow bar and then fold down out of the way of the back door.

Turns out they now make a version designed specifically as a spare wheel holder just like that with no further work required - see here. Only £99 +£10 P&P - probably the cheapest option for a Syncro spare wheel carrier.
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Anybody know what happens about insurance if you start attachng things to the outside such as bike racks monkey bikes spare wheels roof racks roof boxes

Do you have to declare it?

What happens if it rattles off and causes third party damage would you be covered?

Had roofbars with fence panels on, bike racks and roofboxes before but it never occured to me check

I think we declared tge awning but hat was for theft cover
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clift_d wrote:I was looking at one of those a couple of months ago as a way of rigging up a spare wheel carrier off the tow bar - they have options to allow that bracket to sit vertically off the tow bar and then fold down out of the way of the back door.

Turns out they now make a version designed specifically as a spare wheel holder just like that with no further work required - see here. Only £99 +£10 P&P - probably the cheapest option for a Syncro spare wheel carrier.

Some funky stuff isn't there.....
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keith wrote:Some funky stuff isn't there.....

Tow bar mounted hot-tub...? :mrgreen:
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A few years ago i was after the same thing Keith, but i wanted more use of other than just a moped so I got a Thule easy rack put a rail on it and hey presto ,great for a small moped , four bikes , put a thule box on back , carrying anything ,etc,etc , and i had the same thing a Swan neck westy tow bar!!! .this takes less then 5 min to put on /take off . .here s a few picts anyway .
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I like that.....i was thinking last night about using the mount and then fitting a monkey rack or an interchangeable 3 bike rack....
I think it would be tricky to make 1 that did both without too many sacrifices......but yours has got me thinking.

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It locks on solid with only finger tightening....well impressed

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rack coming on.

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idea is that the little wheels drop into the slots.
just need to add a couple of uprights (welded into place) and maybe an end stop....and somewhere for the numberplate board to attach.
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That looks good Keith , but cause you,ve only made one its no good :roll: :wink:

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Closer.....mark II.....but still not right.

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Mark II was too heavy...

Mark III is closer but still not right...

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So close now.....just numberplate and 7 pin plug to add.

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All done.

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just wondering whether you would be good enough to share dimensions, materials etc. and how much does it weigh?

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